The legislation has one major hurdle to over come, Posse Commitatus. SCOTUS would never overturn Posse Comitatus because it very strong standings in the Constitution. These are Article III Section 3 treason laws. Congress could repeal Posse Commitatus. But that would essentially legalize treason. Congress won't legalize something a harmless as marijuana. I don't think they would be able to get away with legalizing something as harmful as treason. But these days you never know.
intangible child Reviewed by intangible child on . Bush seeks to extend Guantánamo procedures to American citizens In draft legislation prepared in response to last monthâ??s Supreme Court decision against the use of military tribunals for US prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, the Bush administration proposes to extend the practice of indefinite detention and summary trial by military commissions to include American citizens. According to press accounts Friday, based on leaks from those with access to the draft, the bill would essentially legalize the military tribunals in the form decreed by Bush in 2001, Rating: 5